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Definition of "tarweed" []

  • Any of several strong-smelling, resinous western American and Chilean plants of the genus Madia, having yellow, rayed flower heads. (noun)
  • Any of several similar or related plants. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tarweed" in a sentence
  • "We tried him at sun-up, an 'again at sundown, an' nights too, laying in the chaparral an 'tarweed, an' scouting up an 'down that blame river, till we were sore."
  • "The valley swam under a haze of pure heat; a buzzard hung motionless over the cabin, and the dry air was sweet with resinous scent of pines and manzanita and even of tarweed."
  • "Grasshoppers whirred everywhere; squirrels whistled; occasional little dust-devils whirled up the now thoroughly dry river-bed and the atmosphere was redolent of the aroma of dust and tarweed."